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Iraq, Year Four.

“If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is.” As the war in Iraq enters its fourth year (US casualities) and civil war appears increasingly likely on the ground, Dubya and Cheney trod out the same stale talking points we’ve been hearing since “Mission Accomplished” (while Rummy attempts variations on a theme.) Update: Slate‘s Fred Kaplan surveys the mistakes.

Author KcMPosted on March 20, 2006July 23, 2013Categories Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Dubya Diplomacy, GOP, Politics (2005-2006), The Dubya Era, The Middle East, War in IraqTags Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Dubya Diplomacy, Fred Kaplan, George W. Bush, Middle East, War in Iraq

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